A chronological listing of Comic Book properties turned into
Film and Television adaptations.

This page is a work in progress. Any problems or errors can
be reported to superhero@rogueDesigner.net
You may click on the icon
to visit the Internet Movie Database record for that particular show,
or click on the icon to
visit the TV.com record for that particular show,
or click on the icon to visit the Big Cartoon
Database record for that show.

This site deals with television shows and films that have been
derived from comic books and have been produced or are currently in production.
Examples of this type of show would be Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman,
or Hellboy.
Types of movies and shows not listed include shows derived from comic
strips, or even
those comic-book like films derived from other pulp source. Likewise
cartoon shows that have been adapted to the big screen will not be
listed here
either,
such
as
The Flintstones or Scooby-Doo.

A few of the latest entries may in fact be hypothetical, as the nature
of the movie industry changes daily. For real bleeding edge information on
upcoming superhero movies (and possibly television episodes as well), I invite
you to visit: SuperHero
Hype or the Comic
Book Movie Store. Don Markstein's Toonpedia website
has a lot of information on comic book, comic strip and other cartoon based
characters, and has been a valuable resource in the compilation of these pages.

Please select from one of the links above to filter the entries
appropriately. Updates appear in red.

Below are listed some Comics that are not included -- though
they seem like they should -- and the reasons why.

The Phantom - published by Frew Comics, originally started as a
newspaper comic strip

Mandrake the Magician - created by Lee Falk, the originator of The
Phantom, likewise a daily comic strip

Defenders of the Earth - While a Marvel comic, this features characters
created by Lee Falk (Phantom, Mandrake, along with Don Moore's Flash Gordon)
who all appeared in newspaper comic strips

The Shadow - The adventures of Lamont Cranston begain life as a
radio show, before working its way into comics and movies

Flash Gordon - A true comic book hero if ever there was one, but
unfortunately he originated in the Funny Papers

Casper the Friendly Ghost - Before graduating to comic books, Casper
was the star of short features produced by Paramount

There was an interesting article that appeared in The Washington Post on Feb.
6, 2005 about Superheros and the adaptation of comic books into Television
Shows and Motion Pictures. You can read
it here.